Educate Well and Support Research
Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 1: Advance University Academic Programming
Driver 1.1: Identify new
programming (undergraduate
and graduate) with a focused,
multidisciplinary curriculum
that is based on current and
future needs (including labor
market, service sector,
academic training needs, etc.)
at all levels.
Metric 1.1.1: Pursue development and
implementation of programs already
identified by UNCW as priorities in the UNCGA programmatic review system:
• BA in Digital Arts
• MS in Applied Data Analytics
• DNP (Doctor in Nursing Practice)
• PhD in Applied and Experimental
Psychological Sciences
• PhD in Coastal and Marine Science
Deans, School
Directors,
Department
Chairs, Career
Center
Spring 2016ongoing
Program initiation
costs
Metric 1.1.2: Obtain labor market baseline
data applicable to undergraduate and
graduate students by July 31, 2016 with an
objective related to exploration of new
programs (degree programs, minors, and
certificates) that would benefit UNCW
students, relate to UNCW strengths, and meet
state, regional, and broader needs.
Metric 1.1.3: UNCW and individual colleges
and school explore programming based on
market baseline data.
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
Spring 2016 ongoing
To be determined
through Graduate
School and
academic unit
input
GOAL 1: Advance University Academic Programming
Driver 1.2: Ensure
continued excellence in
current and newly
proposed doctoral
programs
Metric 1.2.1: allocation and
appropriation of adequate institutional
resources to support ongoing highquality doctoral student training (e.g.,
ensure adequate number of faculty per
student enrollment, ensure
adequate number and funding of
student stipends and tuition support as
appropriate – as determined through
Graduate School and discipline
College/School input)
Deans, School
Directors,
Department Chairs,
Graduate School,
Advancement
Metric 1.2.2: seek and secure external
funding for student stipends, tuition, and
research support through external grants
and targeted advancement efforts
Metric 1.2.3: further development of
infrastructure and capacity within and
across doctoral-granting units to
promote interdisciplinary research and
success of multi-PI grants
2
Educate Well and Support Research
Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
Spring 2016
- ongoing
Seed funds for
grant
development,
assessment costs
(possible needed
personnel and
costs of data
collection)
GOAL 1: Advance University Academic Programming
Driver 1.2: Ensure continued
excellence in current and
newly proposed doctoral
programs (cont.)
Metric 1.2.4: continued diversification of
the graduate student population
through active pursuit of diversity
enhancement grants and other
funding (e.g., funding from NSF IGERT,
US Department of Education,
foundations)
Deans, School
Directors,
Department Chairs,
Graduate School,
Advancement
Metric 1.2.5: seek and secure external
funding to support doctoral student
research and engagement activities
Metric 1.2.6: Ensure that doctoral
program assessment includes long-term
evaluation and documentation of
student success
3
Educate Well and Support Research
Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
Spring 2016
N/A
Spring 2016spring 2020
Faculty support;
program
development
GOAL 1: Advance University Academic Programming
Driver 1.3: Convene
Chancellor-Appointed Task
Force, including Academic
Affairs (Faculty) and Student
Affairs designees, to review
current opportunities for
exposure to ethics and to
explore new integrated
programmatic offerings
Driver 1.4: Enhance and
expand strategically online
education offerings across a
variety of disciplines and
courses.
Metric 1.3.1: Convene Task Force in
spring of 2016
Chancellor's Office,
Academic Affairs,
Student Affairs
Metric 1.4.1: Offer 5-10 additional
programs over next 5 years, chosen
strategically based on need and
programmatic characteristics.
AVC for Distance
Education, Deans,
School Directors,
Department Chairs
Metric 1.4.2: Increase number of courses
with online section options each year
from 2016 to 2020. Target number
should be established through input
from appropriate faculty groups and the
new office of the AVC for Distance
Education.
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 1: Advance University Academic Programming
Driver 1.4: Strategically
enhance and expand online
education offerings across a
variety of disciplines and
courses. (cont.)
Metric 1.4.3: Fund and resource online learning to
provide access to all students by ensuring ADA
compliance and rewarding best practices in
universal design for learning.
Metric 1.4.4: Focus online education expansion
efforts around the needs of the region and the state
(e.g., expanded online nursing programs) as well as
national and international trends. Develop a “Needs
of the State” priorities list to focus expansion
efforts.
Metric 1.4.5: Support online instructional training
through the funding of an additional position in the
Office of eLearning and the purchase of video
editing equipment and e-learning software.
AVC for
Distance
Education in
collaboration
with other units
Fall 2016spring
2020
Personnel
costs; course
development
and possible 3rd
party support
costs for
compliance;
infrastructure
costs. To be
determined
through the
office of the
AVC for
Distance
Education
Metric 1.4.6: Establish and support a network of
certified Quality Matters reviewers in every
department and school.
Metric 1.4.7: Increase infrastructure capacity,
flexibility, and staffing to support online education
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
Fall 2016spring 2017
Costs will be in
implementation
based on what is
developed
GOAL 1: Advance University Academic Programming
Driver 1.5: Bring to scale a
teaching assistant program
(part-time faculty, graduate
assistant, other) to assist with
larger classes.
Metric 1.5.1: Develop training program for CTE/CFL; Deans,
all assistants and faculty working with large- School Directors,
class sizes.
Department Chairs
Metric 1.5.2: Develop funding formula for
assistants in large classes.
Metric 3: Review workload structures
associated with large classes.
Driver 1.6: Retain
Accreditation
Metric 1.6.1: Support current accreditation
coordinator role as well as required
accreditation processes (e.g., assessment).
Metric 1.6.2: Affirm support for QEP and its
institutionalization.
Vice Provost;
Accreditation
Coordinator;
ETEAL Director
Spring 2016spring 2019;
ongoing after
this
Metric 1.6.3: Achieve a successful outcome
of 5th year SACSCOC report in 2019.
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 2. Enhance Applied Learning
Driver 2.1: Increase
support for facultymentored student
research and
scholarship and
other applied
learning
experiences.
Metric 2.1.1: Collect baseline data on student
participation in applied learning
Metric 2.1.2: Identify specific measures for tracking
(number of activities, number of awards to support
activities, student deliverables)
Metric 2.1.3: Expand programmatic applied learning
funding initiatives following plan vetted through Unified
Budget Process; e.g.
- Summer/Spring Undergraduate Research & Creativity
Awards [increase total number of HIP experiences by
7% by 2018]
- Center for Support of Undergraduate Research and
Fellowships [increase number of research scholars by
5% per year (45 by 2018); increase number of CSURF
fellowships]
- Honors College support [95 graduate per cohort by
2017]
- ETEAL: Experiencing Transformative Education through
Applied Learning, UNCW’s Quality Enhancement
Program for SACS COC accreditation. [172 funded ETEAL
supported pedagogy initiatives by 2018]
Undergraduate
Studies, including
ETEAL and
Honors; CTE/CFL;
Office of
Institutional
Research; HIP
Task Force;
Career Center
Spring 2016spring 2019
Retain funding
allocated in 2016
through the
Unified Budget
Process
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
Undergraduate
Studies; ETEAL; Office
of Community
Engagement; Career
Center
Spring 2016Spring 2019
Internship and
mentorship
support
GOAL 2. Enhance Applied Learning
Driver 2.1: Increase support
for faculty-mentored student
research and scholarship and
other applied learning
experiences. (cont.)
Metric 2.1.4: Enhance on-campus
internship opportunities (e.g. ITS, OUR,
University PD, Facilities and Landscaping)
Metric 2.1.5: Coordinate community
engagement applied learning
opportunities through the Office of
Community Engagement
Metric 2.1.6: Create an upper division
undergraduate and graduate student
mentorship program to promote student
participation in scholarly activities.
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 2. Enhance Applied Learning
Driver 2.2: Increase support
for faculty engaged in applied
learning activities
Metric 2.2.1: Create additional Chancellor’s Chancellor’s
Scholarship Awards, similar in number and Office, Provost's
financial amount as Chancellor’s Teaching
Office; Deans
Awards, to recognize excellence in faculty
scholarship and student mentorship
(undergraduate to complement graduate
mentorship award) in scholarly activity
Fall 2016ongoing
Award costs; faculty
recognition costs
Metric 2.2.2: Increase recognition for faculty
mentorship of applied learning activities
through compensation as well as review and
assessment processes.
Driver 2.3: Establish
permanent Applied Learning
Director with consolidated
funding structure
Metric 2.3.1: Establish position and
organizational structure for implementation
by August 2017 to coincide with SACSCOC
timetable. This represents an
institutionalization and broadening of the
current ETEAL initiative concept.
Undergraduate
Studies;
Provost's Office
By August
2017
With phasing out
of ETEAL initiative,
redirect current
ETEAL funds (and
other funds
related to applied
Learning) into this
permanent office
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 3: Enhance Student Support and Culture of Learning
Driver 3.1: Assess oncampus housing needs,
including support of the
living-learning communities
(LLC) model.
Metric 3.1.1: By July of 2016 commission study
on the future of student housing at UNCW,
including developing a plan for the number of
new beds.
Student Affairs;
Auxiliary Services;
Academic Affairs;
Chancellor’s Office
Summer 2016
N/A for study
Metric 3.1.2: By July 1, 2016, Student Affairs
and Academic Affairs shall appoint a committee
to study and improve the LLC model, identify
additional funding for an enhanced model, and
explore the viability of providing
accommodations for faculty-in-residence as a
facet of the new LLC model.
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 3: Enhance Student Support and Culture of Learning
Driver 3.2: Increase
percentage of UNCW
undergraduate students
who experience high
impact practices as
recognized by AAC&U
(honors, DIS, service
learning, LLCs, study
abroad, practical
internship outside
UNCW…).
Metric 3.2.1: By 2017, develop a co-curricular
transcript for indication of approved student
activities. (By January 31, 2016, the Career
Center shall launch a voluntary online platform
that students can use to create their Cocurricular portfolios, which will enable them to
document and reflect on the learning they
have achieved from experiences both inside
and outside the classroom)
Metric 3.2.2: By 2019-20, 90% of
undergraduate students will include on their
co-curricular transcript at least one example of
a high impact practice (from a list provided by
UNCW). This metric will be informed by the
High Impact Practices Task Force
Metric 3.2.3: Increase by 10% by AY 2019-20
the number of courses that include
engagement opportunities (applied learning,
internships…)
Career Services;
Office of the
Registrar;
Undergraduate
Studies and
component units;
Department Chairs
and School Directors
Career Services;
Office of the
Registrar;
Undergraduate
Studies and
component units;
Department Chairs
and School Directors
Spring 2016-fall
2017
Spring 2016spring 2020
Platform costs
Course support
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 3: Enhance Student Support and Culture of Learning
Driver 3.2: Increase
percentage of UNCW
undergraduate students
who experience high
impact practices as
recognized by AAC&U
(honors, DIS, service
learning, LLCs, study
abroad, practical internship
outside UNCW…).
(cont.)
Metric 3.2.4: Where possible, strive for smaller
class sizes and smaller faculty-student ratios
through hiring more full-time faculty members.
Metric 3.2.5: By January 1, 2017, using the
National Association of Colleges and Employers
annual list of employer competencies, design
and implement a comprehensive portal where
students can view list of curricular and cocurricular experiences where they can enhance
the skills that employers seek in today’s college
graduates.
Metric 3.2.6: Establish a workgroup by spring
2016 to explore the structure of UNI 101 as well
as the transfer equivalent in order to determine
how it can best meet the goals of student
transition, enhancing student academic success,
and meeting targeted University Studies
objectives. Consideration should be given to
dividing the course into a 1-credit academic
oriented and a 2-credit transitions course.
Deans, Department
Chairs; School
Directors
Career Center;
Undergraduate
Studies
University
College; Director
of University
Studies;
Undergraduate
Studies
Ongoing
Costs related to
personnel for
instruction for
3.2.4; design of
portal
January 2017
Spring 2016
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 3: Enhance Student Support and Culture of Learning
Driver 3.3: Provide
increased support
for the Center for
Teaching Excellence
and Center for
Faculty Leadership.
Metric 3.3.1: Meet benchmarks for staffing and
space needs, as established by the Taskforce
appointed by the Provost to Explore an Expanded
Mission for the Center for Teaching Excellence
and Center for Faculty Leadership, Spring 2015.
Academic
Affairs; Centers
for Teaching
Excellence and
Faculty
Leadership
Spring 2016spring 2018
Staffing and space
renovation costs;
stipend costs;
programmatic
costs
Metric 3.3.2: Promote authentic, inquiry-based
experiences in the classroom by creating and
funding a Faculty Fellow program to increase
student-centered pedagogies across the
curriculum.
Metric 3.3.3: Support and reward faculty research
in the scholarship of teaching and the scholarship
of engagement through stipend programs and
increased recognition across departments.
Metric 3.3.4: Increase opportunities for
leadership training and support for faculty
members to enhance shared stewardship of the
curriculum and promote academic leadership.
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 3: Enhance Student Support and Culture of Learning
Metric 3.4.1: Working with Office of e-learning and
Driver 3.4: Create a
University Learning Center, implement by fall 2017
student support network
for advising, retention,
and tutoring in online
Metric 3.5.1: Work with Graduate School and SPARC to
courses.
establish and implement targets for:
• Enhance number of Teaching/Research
Driver 3.5: Increase
Assistantships
support for graduate
• Increase stipend for Teaching/Research
students
Assistantships
• Increase tuition support for graduate students
• Increase professional development support for
graduate students
• Increase scholarship support for graduate students
• Increase Public-Private thesis opportunities
• Increase Federal and State graduate traineeships
Metric 3.5.2: Involve graduate students as part of a
teaching assistant program to assist with larger
classes. Leverage layered mentoring practices, provide
support for growth and increase graduate student
teaching experience to improve graduate students’
employability outcomes
AVC for Distance
Education;
University
Learning Center
Fall 2017
personnel
Graduate School;
SPARC
Graduate School
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 3: Enhance Student Support and Culture of Learning
Driver 3.6: Establish a
Distinguished Speaker
Series that will bring in
leaders from academia,
business, government, and
the local/regional
community, with an
emphasis on students as
targeted participants.
Metric 3.6.1: Student Affairs, Academic
Affairs, and Advancement work
collaboratively to establish Distinguished
Speaker Series
Driver 3.7: Enhance
summer learning
opportunities
Metric 3.7.1: The Office of Community
Engagement should explore
enhancement and growth of summer
courses; certificate programs; institutes,
workshops; conferences; non-credit
learning opportunities as well as forcredit learning summer opportunities.
Student Affairs,
Academic Affairs, and
Advancement
Spring 2016-fall
2017
Metric 3.6.2: After a full year of the DSS,
randomly survey students to determine
how many have attended one of these
lectures. Use baseline data to further
market and target student participation
in this new Series.
Office of
Community
Engagement
Costs of speaker
series; seed funds
for summer
efforts (should
eventually be selfsustaining)
Spring 2016 ongoing
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
Spring 2017
Supplemental
funds to advance
faculty scholarly
achievement (e.g.
seed funds)
GOAL 4: Advance Research and Scholarly Activity
Driver 4.1: Increase
flexibility in determining
workload assignments at
the unit level.
Metric 4.1.1: Investigate current and possible
workload policies and assignments to be
completed by spring 2017 to implement
(metric 2 below).
Deans; School
Directors;
Department Chairs
Metric 4.1.2: Adopt flexible workload
assignments that meet the unit mission.
Ensure departmental flexibility and
accountability.
Driver 4.2: Increase
campus-wide resources
available to faculty to
advance scholarly activity
Metric 4.2.1: Execute needs analysis of
extant resources and faculty access
Driver 4.3: Increase
Extramural Support to
UNCW
Metric 4.3.1: Increase number and quality of
submitted proposals
Metric 4.2.2: Supplement funding based on
finding of needs/resource analysis
Academic Affairs;
CTE/CFL; Office of
Research
Office of Research
Metric 4.3.2: Maximize reinvestment of F&A
to support scholarship and research
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
Fall 2016
Personnel costs;
ITS and other
infrastructure
needs
GOAL 4: Advance Research and Scholarly Activity
Driver 4.4: Ensure
appropriate staffing
of support units for
sponsored research
and scholarship
across campus
Metric 4.4.1: Provide support and
infrastructure for grant-seeking
opportunities and
grant administration in all areas (SPARC:
grants, contracts, and other external
funding). Begin personnel onboarding for
identified personnel needs by fall 2016
Office of Research
Metric 4.4.2: consult with Business Affairs,
Academic Affairs, and faculty to identify
units that require staffing in areas such as
travel, purchasing, and hiring
Office of Research;
Academic Affairs;
Business Affairs;
CMS
Spring-fall 2016
Metric 4.4.3: Provide appropriate
infrastructure through the Office of
Community Engagement to support
engaged scholarship, service-learning and
outreach to implement fully by fall 2016
Office of Community
Engagement; Office
of Research
Fall 2016
Metric 4.4.4: Increase ITS infrastructure
capacity and flexibility to support research
Office of Research; ITS
Fall 2016
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
GOAL 4: Advance Research and Scholarly Activity
Driver 4.5: Increase
access to funding
opportunities for
research/scholarly
activity
Metrics 4.5.1: Increase opportunities to interact with
funding agencies and be involved with initial review groups,
review panels, councils, and Boards.
Metric 4.5.2: Identify and actively pursue funding
opportunities that provide student
training grants (NIH centers, NSF REU, IES, other training
activities, , e.g., Foundations).
Office of
Research;
CMS
Spring 2016ongoing
Travel; seed funds
Office of
Research;
Colleges and
School; CMS
Metric 4.5.3: Provide bridge funding for faculty (for
extramurally-funded staff) who have an established track
record in obtaining grants.
Metric 4.5.4: Facilitate collaborations amongst faculty with
shared, collaborative, or synergistic interests (including
those addressing state and federal interest, other highimpact areas, and which create new potential to address a
pressing need).
Metric 4.5.5: Develop support for projects in emerging areas
of excellence with emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches
through constitution of appropriate faculty advisory
committee and establishment of seed funding for projects.
Office of Research;
Colleges and
School; CMS
Office of
Research;
Colleges and
School; CMS
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
Spring 2016spring 2020
Travel; publicizing
costs
GOAL 4: Advance Research and Scholarly Activity
Driver 4.6: Enhance
outreach, education, and
policy interactions outside
UNCW, especially as they
position UNCW to pursue
future research and
scholarship opportunities
and to allow us to transfer
our findings.
Metric 4.6.1: Promote continued contact
with state legislature.
Office of Research;
Colleges and School;
CMS; Chancellor's
Metric 4.6.2: Participate in policy-advisory Office; Advancement;
boards and think-tanks
OUR; Undergraduate
Studies
Metric 4.6.3: Engage with local and
regional government.
Metric 4.6.4: Publicize UNCW's efforts and
successes through multimedia outlets,
including an enhanced web presence.
Metric 4.6.5: Foster existing community
relationships through education activities
such as College Day, Arts in Action, Honors
College, and Invited Speakers series
Metric 4.6.6: facilitate community
engaged scholarship in a sustainable
fashion.
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
Spring 2016spring 2019
N/A
GOAL 4: Advance Research and Scholarly Activity
Driver 4.7: Ensure
institutional policies do not
inhibit grant and research
activity
Metric 4.7.1: Reexamine F&A
distribution policies
Office of Research;
Business Affairs
Metric 4.7.2: Revisit Supplemental Pay
Caps and effective policies (e.g.,
imposition of federal grant policies on
other revenue sources, foundation
work, etc.).
Metric 4.7.3: Streamline submission and
compliance processes
Metric 4.7.4: Re-examine business
processes (e.g. hiring, travel,
purchasing) to ensure they are not
unnecessarily burdensome
Driver 4.8: Provide
residential living support for
visiting faculty and scholars
Metric 4.8.1: Identify location for
affordable visiting faculty and scholar
housing; develop appropriate
procedures for use.
Business Affairs;
Office of
Research; AVC for
International
Studies
Spring 2016spring 2017
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
Director of University
Studies; USAC;
Graduate School;
Department Chairs
and School Directors
Spring 2016spring 2020
Study abroad
scholarships for
students
GOAL 5: Foster Global Citizenship
Driver 5.1: Enhance
curricula to
strengthen students’
global thinking and
awareness
Metric 5.1.1: Increase by one course each year
between AY 2016-17 and AY 2019-20 the
number of undergraduate courses offered as
part of the University Studies curriculum to
fulfill the “Living a Global Society” requirement.
Metric 5.1.2: Increase the number of courses at
the graduate level that include a specific focus
on global awareness and thinking based on
Graduate School recommendations.
Driver 5.2: Increase
number of and support
for students who study
abroad
Metric 5.2.1: Increase by 5% the proportion of
full-time undergraduate students who
participate in credit-bearing study abroad
each year between AY 2016-17 and AY 201920.
Metric 5.2.2: Develop opportunities to
increase the number of graduate students
participating in international experiences
related to their field of study.
AVC for
International
Programs;
Department
Chairs; School
Directors
Spring 2016spring 2020
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Objectives /
Drivers
METRICS
OWNER(S)
TIMING
FUNDING
AVC for International
Programs
Spring 2016spring 2020
Scholarship funds
GOAL 5: Foster Global Citizenship
Driver 5.3: Increase
number of and support
for international
students enrolled at
UNCW
Metric 5.3.1: Increase number of
international students enrolled at UNCW by
at least l0% per year between AY 2016-17
and AY 2019-20.
Metric 5.3.2: Increase scholarships available
for international students studying at UNCW
Metric 5.3.3: Identify and provide needed
transition support for international students
studying at UNCW
Driver 5.4: Create
opportunities for faculty
and staff from UNCW
and international
universities to teach and
research overseas and at
UNCW, respectively.
Metric 5.4.1: Increase the number of faculty
and staff from UNCW and international
universities who teach and research
overseas and at UNCW, respectively.
AVC for International
Programs
Spring 2016spring 2020
Travel support
Metric 5.4.2: Identify and provide needed
transition support for international faculty
and staff working at UNCW.
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